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Jim Tiffin Jr

Design Thinking Mindsets from IDEO via their Design Kit - 0 views

www.designkit.org/mindsets

design thinking mindset ideo Design Kit

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16
     
    A listing of the design thinking mindsets put forth by IDEO, including links to videos of various individuals explaining what they are: - Learn from Failure - Make It - Creative Confidence - Empathy - Embrace Ambiguity - Optimism - Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 11 Apr 16
     
    A listing of the design thinking mindsets put forth by IDEO, including links to videos of various individuals explaining what they are: - Learn from Failure - Make It - Creative Confidence - Empathy - Embrace Ambiguity - Optimism - Iterate, Iterate, Iterate
Bo Adams

A 'University' Model for High School | Edutopia - 0 views

www.edutopia.org/...university-model-high-school

school model School Change schools of the future

shared by Bo Adams on 30 Oct 18 - No Cached
  • recent launch of Learning Pathways, a competency-based approach to instruction that emphasizes self-paced, personalized learning.
  • interdisciplinary coursework and out-of-school learning experiences
  • To evolve their teaching practice, teachers need to carve out dedicated time to regularly observe and reflect—on themselves and their peers—say Anderson and other staff.
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  • The campus also offers microcredentialing, a system that allows teachers to pitch ideas and a plan of action for their own professional development.
  • When completed, they get a salary bump.
Bo Adams

The Trailblazers - How Students Are Learning To Make Impact Design Better - Impact Desi... - 2 views

impactdesignhub.org/...g-to-make-impact-design-better

design design for social impact design thinking impact #MustRead higher ed degrees

shared by Bo Adams on 23 Dec 15 - No Cached
  • Impact Design Hub spoke with Sara Cornish and Josh Treuhaft, two graduates from the inaugural class of the School of Visual Arts’ Design for Social Innovation (DSI) program, a two-year, cross-disciplinary MFA program, which aims to teach students to address social challenges through systems-level design thinking and offers one of the first graduate degrees in this field.
  • Yeah, and I think there was an understanding that we were not only joining the program, but also helping to build it, which was really exciting. I remember that the interviews were so filled with anticipation. They told us, “This is going to be amazing. You’re going to be part of something that’s an absolute first. You’re going to help trailblaze the field.”
  • it was never explicitly about learning the way to design for social innovation. It was more about teaching a variety of different thought models, processes, and tools that you can use for various types of work relating to social impact. Ultimately, the program is about systems thinking and how things are connected to each other.
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  • Framing and strategizing and mapping is great, but at the end of the day, actually putting things in the world and seeing what they do is really important.
  • If you treat your thesis and your projects as real opportunities that could lead to some sort of impact or change and take it all seriously, you’d be amazed at what you can accomplish.
  • Bo Adams on 23 Dec 15
     
    So the question becomes: how do we get better at using design to create impact? An answer that has been gaining traction is education.
Jim Tiffin Jr

Project-Based Learning Through a Maker's Lens | Edutopia - 5 views

www.edutopia.org/...h-a-makers-lens-patrick-waters

PBL MakerEd Edutopia Project based learning article #LiquidNetworkSpill

shared by Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16 - No Cached
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  • A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      A nice list-style definition of a Maker.
  • A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      True, but (sadly) the converse is not always the case in some classrooms: A maker may always be a learner, but a learner is not always a maker.
  • A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Equality of these two ideas, process and product, is a value held by a Maker.
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  • Making, especially to educators and administrators unfamiliar with it, can seem to lack the academic rigor needed for a full-fledged place in an educational ecosystem.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Only in educational settings where content knowledge is deemed the most important indicator of learning.
  • With practice, the students can frame the questions themselves.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Essential when you are trying to develop agency in students.
  • Once completed, the project becomes less of a daily race to fulfill lesson plans and more of a quest to document your students' growing capabilities.
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      This reflective documentation process should be something that both teacher AND student are doing. The student point-of-view should be written for the benefit of the student, not the teacher. The teacher should coach this process for the student so that the monitoring of growth is seen as a value for the student. The teacher documentation should also inform the student as to their growth, but the information can be used for more "teacherly" purposes as well, such preparing for future activities or intentional pairings of students in the early phases of the PBL unit.
  • model it yourself first
    • Jim Tiffin Jr
      Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
       
      Always let your students see you, the teacher, as a learner - first and foremost!
  • Jim Tiffin Jr on 28 Apr 16
     
    The messy, hands-on Maker classroom is perfect for a PBL unit when the teacher is willing to collaborate, tinker, fix, break, and rebuild alongside students. Some fundamental elements to consider in the designing of a maker-centered project, but not as absolutes. It is important to realize that any project taken on in a maker-centered classroom is, by definition, a PBL experience.
  • Bo Adams on 28 Apr 16
     
    Fabulous piece about the myriad connection among PBL and Maker. And your commentary is so helpful and provocative. Thank you!
Bo Adams

This School Focuses On Teaching Students Happiness, Not Math - 0 views

www.fastcompany.com/...ng-students-happiness-not-math

school model schooldesign

shared by Bo Adams on 12 Mar 18 - No Cached
  • Rather than following a standard curriculum, students will decide what they want to learn themselves, and pursue learning through experience.
  • The school will focus on teaching students how to learn about a subject or skill that interests them–and exposing them to a broad range of subjects–rather than imparting a particular set of information.
  • Bo Adams on 12 Mar 18
     
    HT Max Hanson
Bo Adams

NAIS - 10 Ways to Teach Outdoor Education and a Sense of Wonder - 2 views

www.nais.org/...ducation-and-a-sense-of-wonder

outdoor_ed outdoors wonder PBL

shared by Bo Adams on 19 Feb 18 - No Cached
  • Love for the outdoors comes from learning through play, exploration, guidance, fun, and wondering.
  • Learn the natural and human history of the place you are working in order to be open and aware of teachable moments—and to gain your own sense of being. A sense of wonder is the greatest gift you can give children.
  • There are two parts to having a well-developed sense of wonder. One part is the ability to see the wonder in the world (the “wow,” the “amazing,” the “how is that possible?”). It also is the ability to wonder, to ask questions, to know there is more to know.
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  • Don’t just tell children how knowledge was figured out. Have them figure things out for themselves through the activities and lessons you plan.
  • Human-caused problems have human solutions. Small actions multiplied by millions both cause and solve problems.
  • Outdoor education is less about the content and more about the experience. Almost always choose action over talking.
T.J. Edwards

The 10 most in-demand skills of 2019, according to LinkedIn - 2 views

www.cnbc.com/...19-according-to-linkedin-.html

learning career teamwork

shared by T.J. Edwards on 08 Jan 19 - No Cached
  • T.J. Edwards on 08 Jan 19
     
    MT: Do these show up in our course catalogs or learning outcomes?
Nicole Martin

This Neuroscientist Wants to Know Your Brain On Art-and How It Improves Learning | EdSu... - 0 views

www.edsurge.com/...t-and-how-it-improves-learning

brain neuroscience

shared by Nicole Martin on 16 May 19 - No Cached
  • teach for mastery? And mastery means memory
  • toxic stress
  • one of the most important protective factors for kids is a relationship with a caring adult in a school building.
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  • So how can the arts help to reinforce content, and then how can it help to teach it in the first place? And so we started embedding the arts into every Brain-Targeted Teaching learning unit.
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